FRACTURE MECHANICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( E M A 303 or M E 306), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe mechanisms for initiation and growth of flaws in materials Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Derive the fields of stresses, strains, and displacements near a crack Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Predict crack growth using concepts of energy release rate and stress intensity factors Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze the effects of plasticity and nonlinearity on crack propagation Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Evaluate the use of fracture mechanics concepts and equations in a research manuscript Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe mechanisms for initiation and growth of flaws in materials Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Derive the fields of stresses, strains, and displacements near a crack Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Predict crack growth using concepts of energy release rate and stress intensity factors Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze the effects of plasticity and nonlinearity on crack propagation Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Evaluate the use of fracture mechanics concepts and equations in a research manuscript Audience: Graduate